Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Thursday, 08 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (08/10/2026) at 10:07 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column reached 400 meters above the summit (1,725 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey, thick, and drifting eastward. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 65 seconds duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 08 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 89 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm, lasting 31-81 seconds.
Additionally: 1 emission earthquake (10 mm amplitude, 35 seconds duration), plus 11 harmonic tremors (amplitude 2-20 mm, duration 41-125 seconds).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors, and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,988 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,939 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,667 eruptions.
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